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The 5 News Week: What’s With Dave Meltzer’s Report On Low PPV Buys For Stomping Ground?

Hello, my fellow wrestling fans and welcome to the 5 news week. The post where I report 5 major or minor news of the week that I don't have time to do it separately. Without further ado, here are the 5 news week. Yes, I haven't reviewed or watched Fyter Fest because I had an EXTREMELY busy day. Might watch it at some point. 

Jinder Recently Underwent Knee Surgery. 

Jinder Mahal has been greatly utilized in the 24/7 championship scene even capturing the title on 2 different occasions. The modern-day Mahalrrrrrrrrraja took to Instagram and said that quote "surgery went well".

He ended the post stating that his "comeback is going to be legendary". No mention of when he's gonna step inside the ring once again but we're gonna find that out very soon. I hope he comes back better and stronger than ever. 

What’s With Dave Meltzer’s Report On Low PPV Buys For Stomping Ground? 

Now, you're probably reading this headline like "people are dumb enough to buy WWE PPVs when they can get the network for $9.99?"  From the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and Dave Meltzer, Stomping Grounds did about 9,800 to 9,900 buys. He then went on to say that Super showdown had 11,000 buys which is weird because it aired on a Friday afternoon US time.

 I don't know why but I'm oddly not outraged about this given the factors involved in buying WWE PPVs in 2019 like how bars and restaurants can't show WWE PPVs because they legally can't show it via the network, how apparently 22 million people in the US don't have broadband Internet connection (yea. I felt the same way when I read that number). 

A Bray Wyatt Video Teaser Has Been Released. 

Last week's episode of RAW (which you can click here to read my review for it) didn't feature the firefly fun house segment surprisingly. Instead, the dolls were placed in the background for the fans to witness. WWE has posted a teaser about Bray Wyatt on Twitter for the whole fireflies to see. Click here to see that. 

WWE Is Bringing On A Free To Air Highlight Package In The UK. 

From Sports Business Media, WWE is quote "talking to broadcasters about a free to air highlight package in the UK". That highlight package will start airing in 2020 and was "carved out" of the multi-year BT Sport deal with WWE. 

 That article hasn't mentioned when it will start but what they did mention is that the end date is not specified as of this moment. The motivation for that is for WWE to get traction for their programming (Wow, that's a lot of fors). The last time WWE did that was back in the early 2000s on Channel 4. 

Big Cass On Anxiety And Depression. 

DDP Yoga uploaded a video about his struggle with anxiety and depression. I recommend watching the entire thing because it was a great video and I hope you guys can somehow learn from this after watching this video. Oh, and you can view it below.

What do you think about the news I just reported and follow me on the tweets @omartheplayaguy. Anyways, stay safe smarks.

 Additional sources: cultaholic.com/news/wwe-stomping-grounds-does-reported-record-low-number-of-ppv-buys/
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